wherewith

English

Alternative forms

wherwith (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English wherwith; equivalent to where +‎ with.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /wɛəˈwɪð/
(US) IPA^(key): /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/, IPA^(key): /ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/ (in accents without the "wine-whine" merger)
(US) IPA^(key): /wɛɚˈwɪð/, IPA^(key): /wɛɚˈwɪθ/ (in accents with the "wine-whine" merger)
Rhymes: -ɪð, (US) -ɪθ

Adverb

wherewith (not comparable)

(archaic) With which; with what.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:
  Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 39:
  In the left there was a ſort of Engine, from the Back of which were extended twenty long Poles, reſembling the Paliſado's before your Majeſty's Court; wherewith we conjecture the Man-Mountain combs his Head, for we did not always trouble him with Queſtions, becauſe we found it a great Difficulty to make him underſtand us.
- 1885, Christina G[eorgina] Rossetti, “December 29 [Love Came Down at Christmas]”, in Time Flies: A Reading Diary […], London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge […], →OCLC, page 251:
  Worship we the Godhead, / Love Incarnate, Love Divine, / Worship we our Jesus,— / But wherewith for sacred sign? // Love shall be our token, / Love be yours and love be mine, / Love to God and all men, / Love the universal sign.

Translations

with which

Bulgarian: с помощта на който (s pomoštta na kojto)
Dutch: waarmee (nl)
Finnish: millä (fi)
French: avec quoi
German: womit (de)
Italian: con cui (common), con il quale/col quale m sg (formal), con la quale f sg (formal), con i quali/coi quali m pl (formal), con le quali f pl (formal)
Norwegian:
Riksmål: hvormed
Portuguese: com que
Swedish: varmed (sv)

Noun

wherewith (usually uncountable, plural wherewiths)

(archaic) Something with which; the means by which.
Synonym: wherewithal
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “An Apologie of Raymond Sebond”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 284:
  Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

(about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
(abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
(after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
(again): thereagain
(against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
(among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
(amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
(around): therearound, wherearound
(as): thereas, whereas
(at): hereat, thereat, whereat
(before): herebefore, therebefore
(beside): therebeside
(between): therebetween, wherebetween
(by): hereby, thereby, whereby
(for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
(fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
(from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
(hence): herehence, therehence
(in): herein, therein, wherein
(in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
(in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
(into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
(of): hereof, thereof, whereof
(on): hereon, thereon, whereon
(out): hereout, thereout, whereout
(to): hereto, thereto, whereto
(tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
(under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
(unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
(upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
(with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
(withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

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